A key figure in the growing payment controversy is now off the job. News Five has confirmed that the financial officer who approved several questionable payments at the Ministry of Defense has been placed on administrative leave. Multiple well-placed sources say Financial Officer Salvador Alas is under investigation, following his transfer from the Ministry of Defense and National Security to the Ministry of Sustainable Development. Now, as auditors begin to dig into the paper trail, the focus is shifting to his role and whether those approvals point to misconduct, or something else entirely.
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